Anorexia nervosa and lower vulnerability to infections.
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Anorexia Nervosa↗
Biomedical subjects
P Levy-Soussan
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[Automatic actions with amnesia induced by taking hypnotic drugs. Association with personal and familial history of somnambulism and epilepsy].
A family which combined sleep-walking drug-induced sleep-walking and epilepsy is reported. This co-morbidity suggest various mechanisms which could explain drug induced sleep-walking. We stated the hypothesis that these behaviors were epileptic states due to a mini-withdrawal syndrome. This mini-withdrawal including of course a rebound of anxiety and insomnia during the day, but also a pro-convulsivant effect.
Adolescent↗
[Schizophrenia and immunity].
In schizophrenia, various modifications of the immune system have been reported. A decrease of interleukin-2 production by T lymphocytes and an increase of IL-2 receptors were observed by several authors. Not only cellular but humoral immunity seems to be modified: apart from the viral hypothesis, an auto-immune hypothesis holds that auto-antibodies may play a role in the biology of schizophrenia. Natural auto-antibodies, preexisting any antigenic stimulation, may also be involved, particularly in the response to neuroleptic drugs.
Antipsychotic Agents↗
[Bulimia and autoimmunity].
In the first part of this study, we investigated the rate of natural autoantibodies, in a sample of 31 female inpatients with bulimia nervosa according to DSM III-R criteria. The control (age and sex matched) group consisted in high school students including 10 females without eating disorders, depressive disorder or immunological disease. We investigated especially natural autoantibodies reacting with compounds of the central nervous system (Dopamine, Dopamine beta Hydroxylase, Serotonin). Our first conclusion is that there is a lower level of these natural auto-antibodies among female patients with bulimia nervosa. In the second part of the study, we have especially investigated the correlation between impulsivity in bulimia nervosa and the rate of natural autoantibodies against serotonin.
Adolescent↗